{"id":13936,"date":"2020-05-02T12:01:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T02:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/?p=13936"},"modified":"2020-05-13T14:25:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T04:25:08","slug":"get-started-with-spike-prime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/get-started-with-spike-prime\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Started with SPIKE Prime"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13938\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13938\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spike-prime-core-set-45678.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13938 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spike-prime-core-set-45678-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spike-prime-core-set-45678-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spike-prime-core-set-45678-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spike-prime-core-set-45678.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Set (45678)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.lego.com\/en-us\/products\/lego-education-spike-prime-set\/45678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEGO Education SPIKE Prime<\/a> is a robotics platform designed for grade 5-8 students, announced in 2019 and released in 2020. In terms of complexity, it is positioned in between <a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/get-started-with-wedo\/\">WeDo 2.0<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/get-started-with-ev3\/\">EV3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/education.lego.com\/en-us\/products\/lego-education-spike-prime-set\/45678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPIKE Prime core set (45678)<\/a> includes a programmable hub, motors, sensors, and a collection of colorful LEGO Technic bricks. These include LEGO elements new to this product, such as 3&#215;3 biscuits, 2&#215;4 bricks with cross axle holes, 7&#215;11 and 11&#215;15 frames, wire clips, and 11&#215;19 panels (download an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/le-www-live-s.legocdn.com\/sc\/media\/files\/support\/spike-prime\/le_spike_prime_set_element_overview_classroom_poster_18x24inch-a7ecd36fbf6d15fd4c7617f4cb882531.pdf\">element overview here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>There is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/education.lego.com\/en-us\/products\/lego-education-spike-prime-expansion-set\/45680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPIKE Prime expansion set (45680)<\/a> that includes a variety of extra pieces including large wheels and banana gears as well an additional color sensor and an additional large motor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13945\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spike-prime-expansion-set-45680.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13945\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spike-prime-expansion-set-45680-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spike-prime-expansion-set-45680-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spike-prime-expansion-set-45680-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spike-prime-expansion-set-45680.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Expansion Set (45680)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The software for SPIKE Prime, the LEGO Education SPIKE App, is <a href=\"https:\/\/education.lego.com\/en-us\/downloads\/spike-prime\/software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free to download from LEGO Education<\/a> and features a drag-and-drop coding language based on Scratch. The software includes building instructions for a variety of modules, as well a number of theme-based STEAM learning unit plans (these are also available from LEGO Education <a href=\"https:\/\/education.lego.com\/en-us\/lessonsfilter?Products=LEGO%c2%ae+Education+SPIKE%e2%84%a2+Prime+Set\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>). Each unit consists of a series of guided lessons, with each lesson designed to be completed within a 45-minute class period.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13946\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SPIKE-Prime-Software.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13946 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SPIKE-Prime-Software-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SPIKE-Prime-Software-300x175.png 300w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SPIKE-Prime-Software-768x447.png 768w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SPIKE-Prime-Software.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The LEGO Education SPIKE App is based on Scratch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LEGO Education have published building instructions for the SPIKE Prime core set and expansion set\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/education.lego.com\/en-us\/support\/spike-prime\/building-instructions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some additional resources from the SPIKE Prime community to help you get started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/SPIKEcommunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPIKE Community Facebook Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/primelessons.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPIKE Prime Lessons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kravvaris.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/03\/lets-roll-spike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let\u2019s Roll SPIKE &#8211;\u00a0ebook by Dimitrios Kravvaris<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damienkee.com\/product\/classroom-activities-for-the-busy-teacher-spike-prime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classroom Activities for the Busy Teacher: SPIKE Prime<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGO Education SPIKE Prime is a robotics platform designed for grade 5-8 students, announced in 2019 and released in 2020. In terms of complexity, it is positioned in between WeDo 2.0 and EV3. The SPIKE Prime core set (45678) includes a programmable hub, motors, sensors, and a collection of colorful LEGO Technic bricks. These include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,250],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13936"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}